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(NoModeL) P. A. REIGARD.

HAT HOLDER.

. Patented Dec. 12. 1882.

ATTORNEYS.

N. PETERS. MUMW, Wishiuginlm D. C.

I tion of my improved hat-holder.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS A. REIOARD, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

HAT-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,937, dated December12, 1882. Application filed October 17, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRAivcIs A. REIOARD, ofthe city of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented a new and Improved Hat HoIder, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved device forholding a hat, which device is adapted to be attached to the rear sideofthe back of a chair or any other suitable article.

The invention consists in the combination, with a chair, of ahat-holding device attached to the rear side of the back of the chair.

The invention also consists in a hat-holding device formed of two disks,having rubber coverings on the inner surfaces, and pressed against eachother bya spring or a springhinge.

Theinvention also consists in a hat-holding device formed of two diskshaving rubber coverings on the inner surfaces, pressed against eachother by a rubber band passed through apertures in the disks, and heldto the same by cross-pieces passed through the ends of the elastic band.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a side elevation of a chair having my improved hat-holderattached to the rear side of its back. Fig. 2 is a front eleva- Fig. 3is a cross-sectional elevation of the same. 7

Two disks or plates,AB, of wood, celluloid, or other suitable materialare hinged to each other near the edges, and are pressed toward eachother by a spring. The lower parts of the inner surface of each plate ordisk A Bis covered with a layer, G, of rubber. The disk A is providedwith an aperture, D, through which a screw or bolt is passed into orthrough the back F of a chair, so that the said disk A will be securedon the rear surface of the back of the chair, or the device can beattached to a hat-board, post, 850.; but it is specially adapted to beattached to the back of a chair. The

] disks can be hinged together in any suitable manner, and any suitablespring can be used to press them together. I prefer to provide each diskwith an aperture, G, through which an elastic band, H, is passed,through the ends of which transverse rods or pins J are passed,

which are contained in transverse grooves in the outer surface of thedisks. The hinge and the disk will thus be formed in one. The rim of ahat, K, is passed between the parts of the disks covered with rubber,the disks having been previously separated to admit passing and heldbetween the disks as soon as the same are released. The rubber Oprevents the The above-described device does not injure the rim of anyhat, and permits of withdrawing the hat-rim without injury to the same.

It a hat-holder is attached to the back of a chair in a church, theater,concert-hall, &c., it will be out of the way, as it is above the kneesof the person sitting in the chair behind the one to which the hat isheld.

Cloth, felt, 850., can be used in place of rubber for coverings on theinner surfaces of the disks.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A hat-holder made, substantially as herein shown and described, oftwo hinged disks pressed against each other by a spring, and havingrubber coverings on their inner sides, substantially as herein shown anddescribed, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with the disks A B, having rubber coverings ontheinner surfaces, of the elastic band H, passed through apertures inthe said disks. and of the transverse pieces or pins J, passed throughthe ends of the clastic band, substantially as herein shown anddescribed, and for the purpose set forth.

FRANCIS A. REIOARD.

\Vitnesses:

OSCAR F. GUNZ, O. SEDGWICK.

hat-rim from sliding from between. the disks.

the hat-rim between them, which rim is pressed

